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One thing I keep seeing/hearing over and over is the concept, in general, that deaf schools aren't really educating the children. If they go to a mainstream school, they learn so much more.
I don't quite understand what is up with that? I totally agree that deafness has nothing to do with intelligence (not to say that some deaf don't have issues just like any other child hearing or not) and therefore have a difficult time understanding the "dumbing" down syndrome of deaf schools. Can anybody clue me in on why this seems to be the case most of the time?
Just FYI - I was educated as oral to the nth degree and was mainstreamed from third grade on. Heck, I was reading on a level several grades ahead of hearing children! I can sort of remember that the four years in a deaf school weren't exactly easy and I did learn good things too.
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